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ENGLISH VERB

go hungry

to go hungry

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: going hungry
  • Past participle: gone hungry

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I go hungry
  2. you you go hungry
  3. he, she, it he goes hungry
  4. we we go hungry
  5. they they go hungry

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I went hungry
  2. you you went hungry
  3. he, she, it he went hungry
  4. we we go hungry
  5. they they went hungry

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will go hungry
  2. you you will go hungry
  3. he, she, it he will go hungry
  4. we we will go hungry
  5. they they will go hungry

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am going hungry
  2. you you are going hungry
  3. he, she, it he is going hungry
  4. we we are going hungry
  5. they they are going hungry

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have gone hungry
  2. you you have gone hungry
  3. he, she, it he has gone hungry
  4. we we have gone hungry
  5. they they have gone hungry

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would go hungry
  2. you you would go hungry
  3. he, she, it he would go hungry
  4. we we would go hungry
  5. they they would go hungry

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. go hungry!

How to use go hungry

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Nobody goes hungry at my grandmother's house.

    No one goes hungry at my grandmother's house.

  2. Past

    We went hungry on the bus, there was no stop.

    We went hungry on the bus; there were no stops.

  3. Future

    Take a sandwich, or you will go hungry.

    Bring a sandwich, or you'll go hungry.

  4. Present continuous

    Too many kids are going hungry in this city.

    Too many children are going hungry in this city.

  5. Present perfect

    I have never gone hungry, thank God.

    I've never gone hungry, thank God.

  6. Conditional

    Without the food bank, many families would go hungry.

    Without the food bank, many families would go hungry.

  7. Imperative

    Don't go hungry, there's plenty of food here.

    Don't go hungry; there's plenty of food here.

Good to know

  • "Go" + adjective means to be in a state: "go hungry", "go blind", "go crazy".

Where you hear go hungry

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • On my mother's street, nobody goes hungry. On my mother's street, nobody goes hungry.
  • That night, nobody went hungry. That night, nobody went hungry.
  • With this pot, nobody will go hungry on Thursday. With this pot, nobody will go hungry on Thursday.
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Did she say that, or was it just an impression?

Advanced Level 1 · nobody went hungry

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